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Permit No. 184
Port one of ca three part series.
VOL. 23 ISS. 8 GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE · FEBRUARY 12, 1988
AYR-Youth
resources touch many
By 8-lhon Undtrwood
Staff Reporter
The Auburn Youth Resources
Center provides family, teen preg­nancy,
and sexual abuse counciling
and shelter for runaways through
its office in Auburn and its satellite
office in Enumclaw.
Touching up to 5000 lives a year
AYRC director Dick Brugger said,
''family counciling is our main
thrust, its pivotal for our agency.
We believe how a kid acts out is
systematic of something that is
happening in the family".
The shelters A YRC provides for
runaways are not simply a place for
them to sleep, but a place for them
to stay. Hopefully for only a couple
of days, until their situation at
home impr~ so that it is safe for
them to go back "The goal of the
shelters is to put the runaway back
in the home," said Brugger.
A YRC tried to expand its emer­gency
shelter program last fall by
attempting to buy a home in a
residential area in Auburn near the
ubUc library. The plan fell
so irate that A YRC felt it best to
consider another house. The resi·
dents feared that an A YRC shelter
would attract loitering teens
which would result in noise,
vandalism and crime which would
in turn bring down surrounding
property values. A new house has
since been found at 1424 Auburn -.,;;:;...,..... photo by lrla11 ltlly
Way South ac~ from Albertson's.
The three bedroom house is not in
a residential area. After a thirty
thousand dollar remodeling job,
the house is scheduled to be
opened in June.
The emergency shelters are for
first and second time runaways and
the stay at the shelter cannot
exceed twO weeks. The youth are
always under adult supervision and
Dick ll'U99'f,AYIC clirtctor netcls more volu11tNn
are between the ages of 11-17.
Youth with drug and alcohol abuse
problems are not treated at the
shelters.
A YRC is a non-profit organiza·
tion that receives most of its
funding from the United Way,
federal grants, the cities of Auburn
and Enumclaw and corporate and
private donations. "This agency is
important," says Brugger, "we
need community support." The
support, not only financial but
volunteers are needed to insure:
that A YRC keeps pace with a
growing community's needs.
A symposium brings the
'future' to Green River
'By Tim Thomas
Reporter
Green River Community
College will be holding a "Future
Symposium" from Monday,
Febuary 15, through Thursday,
Febuary 18. This event will
commence on the fifteenth with
guest speakers Kieth Hughes, Tess
Stewart, and Dr. William Fallon,
M.D. Each speak.er will discuss
topics related to their area of
expertise in the field of health care.
Hughes and Stewart will be in the
St. Helens/Olympus room from
IOam to 2pm. Mr. Hughes will
demonstrate various types of
medical diagnostic equipment.
Stewart will allow students to
participate in body composition
analysis and cholesterol screen
tests. Students who join the
demonstration will be given
computerized readouts of their
results. From noon until lpm, Dr.
Fallon will discuss many current
trends in orthapedic surgery, and
talk about job opportunities in the
medical.Jie!ds.
Tuesday, Febuary 16, Pat
Robinson, of Digital Post, and
graphics will be in HL-54, the
viewing room of the Holman
library, to demonstrate the latest
in video graphics for advertising
and other fields. From 10 am to 12
pm, Terry Monte, of Common
Sense Publishing, will demonstrate
the marvels of desktop publishing
in the Bak.er room, and KIR0-1V
News anchor, Gary Justice, will be
in the St. Helens/Olympus Room
from Noon until lpm to speak on
television for the future.
Ford Motor Company will be on
campus, along with Western
Washington University students,
on Wednesday, Febuary 17, to
display plans for the new Ford
Probe vehicle, and to model the
Viking cars manufactured on the
Western Washington campus.
Ford representatives will be
showing a video tape presentation
along with students from Western
which will answer questions on
See Symposium pg 2
GRCC se~urity urges caution
~y Hamilton Underwood
Staff Reporter
A recent crime spree in the last
three to four weeks has plagued
Green River Community College,
and it might not be over with yet.
Thursday last week the most
recent crime occured-a tire
slashing. Nicholas Smith, GRCC
director of security, thinks the
same person or persons are
responsible for the rash of car
break-ins and vandalism. He said of
the thieves, "He, or they, are
amatuers. We will catch them
sooner or later."
To counter the crime incease,
security has improved lighting on
campus, increased its patrol of the
parking lots, hired more
personnel, and allowed students at
Taking into consideration now
early it becomes dark in these
winter months, and the sprawling
layout of the campus' parking lots,
"A locked car is not a secure car,"
Smith says. It takes only minutes,
and sometimes just seconds, for
someone to get in a car by either
smashing the window or use a
"slim jim" to unlock it. Students
and staff can best protect
themselves by not leaving
valuables in plain view, by keeping
them in their trunk or . at home.
Keeping a list of serial and model
numbers of tape and compact disc
players, and anything else you have
in a car, is important to better the
chance of their return if they are
stolen.
night to park in selected staff
spacing.
Student Gov't in uphill battle against apathy
ly (arlJon Goodwin
and Cori Smith
Editors note-Community is no
longer in the phrase "community
college," with student democracy
all but dead and student apathy on
the rise.
The Current will take an
objective look at the apathy
problem here on the GRCC
campus in a three-part series. Our
goal is to inspire some solutions.
This series will focus on the
problems of student government,
student programs, activities
including athletics, clubs, and
student organizations such as
outdoor programs, KGRG, drama,
choir etc., to meet the needs of the
masses.
The first area to be examined is
student government's inability to
reach the people. "I know it may be
a real bad attitude to have, but I feel
that if students want to get
involved then they would find us,"
stated ASGRCC president Mark
Bottorff. This statement highlights
the apathetic feelings that those in
student government hold.
Although the ASGRCC have made
attempts to provide activities, they
have apparently missed the mark. It
would seem that GRCC is a place
for most students to just attend
their courses and leave, not to take
an active role in extracurricular
activites.
Many students tend to
disassociate themselves with
school as soon as they leave. The
majority have developed outside
interests, such as jobs, families, and
other social circles. It would take
. major reorganization of over-used
student activities to stimulate
renewed student interest.
Student government has
attempted to achieve this by
several different methods. They
assist student programs each year
in the preparation of "Gatoraid,"
they distributed opinion surveys to
students in an attempt to
understand the needs of the
students, and they have met with
other colleges to discuss the
problems which they share.
After careful consideration of
the issue at hand, student
government, student programs,
and the school paper editor all
attended a leadership retreat at
Port Ludlow on January 29 and 30
·In spite of the scale of student
apathy here at GRCC, ASGRCC
President Mark Bottorff, remains
optimistic. "I think I can turn it
( low student participation)
around, get more people to
become involved, and get student
" .... .I feel if students want to get involved
then they would find us."
to brainstorm on new ideas to get
students involved. Some of the
ideas included ASB identification
cards, a formal dance,
reinstatement of the 'F' letter
grade, banning smoking altogether
in the lSC, and having the library
open all weekencJ long.
-Mari< Botorff
ASGRCC President
government to be seen."
Meanwhile on a different front,
student programs is working on
getting a bigger piece of the pie as
fur as distribution of;-power goes.
They hope, by getting Bruce
Compton's office to relinquish
some of its power, they can bring
better quality programs to our
students.
Other improvements student
. programs have attemped to enact
this year is bring higher-quality
entertainment to GRCC dances.
With big name local bands like The
Young Fresh Fellows and The
Trend. Other would-be
improvements is bringing in big
name speakers like Gerald Ford
and Pat Finley. Plus they are
sponsoring a senior citizen dance
where the seniors of the
community come to GRCC and
interact with the students. Other
plans that are in the works include
a midnight cruise on Puget Sound
and Cinema Video's airing of
political debates.
Although some on campus feel
that this is too little and too late,
programs is confi.dellt that it'll
make a difference.
In part two of this series, the
school adminstration will give its
insight to this growing problem.
Also, selected club representatives
will air their views.

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Profiles cover foreigners
campus on GRCC
Putting the "c~munity" l,ack in
· community (ollege:
Advisors make good resources
Not all credits transfer
Non-profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Auburn.WA
Permit No. 184
Port one of ca three part series.
VOL. 23 ISS. 8 GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE · FEBRUARY 12, 1988
AYR-Youth
resources touch many
By 8-lhon Undtrwood
Staff Reporter
The Auburn Youth Resources
Center provides family, teen preg­nancy,
and sexual abuse counciling
and shelter for runaways through
its office in Auburn and its satellite
office in Enumclaw.
Touching up to 5000 lives a year
AYRC director Dick Brugger said,
''family counciling is our main
thrust, its pivotal for our agency.
We believe how a kid acts out is
systematic of something that is
happening in the family".
The shelters A YRC provides for
runaways are not simply a place for
them to sleep, but a place for them
to stay. Hopefully for only a couple
of days, until their situation at
home impr~ so that it is safe for
them to go back "The goal of the
shelters is to put the runaway back
in the home," said Brugger.
A YRC tried to expand its emer­gency
shelter program last fall by
attempting to buy a home in a
residential area in Auburn near the
ubUc library. The plan fell
so irate that A YRC felt it best to
consider another house. The resi·
dents feared that an A YRC shelter
would attract loitering teens
which would result in noise,
vandalism and crime which would
in turn bring down surrounding
property values. A new house has
since been found at 1424 Auburn -.,;;:;...,..... photo by lrla11 ltlly
Way South ac~ from Albertson's.
The three bedroom house is not in
a residential area. After a thirty
thousand dollar remodeling job,
the house is scheduled to be
opened in June.
The emergency shelters are for
first and second time runaways and
the stay at the shelter cannot
exceed twO weeks. The youth are
always under adult supervision and
Dick ll'U99'f,AYIC clirtctor netcls more volu11tNn
are between the ages of 11-17.
Youth with drug and alcohol abuse
problems are not treated at the
shelters.
A YRC is a non-profit organiza·
tion that receives most of its
funding from the United Way,
federal grants, the cities of Auburn
and Enumclaw and corporate and
private donations. "This agency is
important," says Brugger, "we
need community support." The
support, not only financial but
volunteers are needed to insure:
that A YRC keeps pace with a
growing community's needs.
A symposium brings the
'future' to Green River
'By Tim Thomas
Reporter
Green River Community
College will be holding a "Future
Symposium" from Monday,
Febuary 15, through Thursday,
Febuary 18. This event will
commence on the fifteenth with
guest speakers Kieth Hughes, Tess
Stewart, and Dr. William Fallon,
M.D. Each speak.er will discuss
topics related to their area of
expertise in the field of health care.
Hughes and Stewart will be in the
St. Helens/Olympus room from
IOam to 2pm. Mr. Hughes will
demonstrate various types of
medical diagnostic equipment.
Stewart will allow students to
participate in body composition
analysis and cholesterol screen
tests. Students who join the
demonstration will be given
computerized readouts of their
results. From noon until lpm, Dr.
Fallon will discuss many current
trends in orthapedic surgery, and
talk about job opportunities in the
medical.Jie!ds.
Tuesday, Febuary 16, Pat
Robinson, of Digital Post, and
graphics will be in HL-54, the
viewing room of the Holman
library, to demonstrate the latest
in video graphics for advertising
and other fields. From 10 am to 12
pm, Terry Monte, of Common
Sense Publishing, will demonstrate
the marvels of desktop publishing
in the Bak.er room, and KIR0-1V
News anchor, Gary Justice, will be
in the St. Helens/Olympus Room
from Noon until lpm to speak on
television for the future.
Ford Motor Company will be on
campus, along with Western
Washington University students,
on Wednesday, Febuary 17, to
display plans for the new Ford
Probe vehicle, and to model the
Viking cars manufactured on the
Western Washington campus.
Ford representatives will be
showing a video tape presentation
along with students from Western
which will answer questions on
See Symposium pg 2
GRCC se~urity urges caution
~y Hamilton Underwood
Staff Reporter
A recent crime spree in the last
three to four weeks has plagued
Green River Community College,
and it might not be over with yet.
Thursday last week the most
recent crime occured-a tire
slashing. Nicholas Smith, GRCC
director of security, thinks the
same person or persons are
responsible for the rash of car
break-ins and vandalism. He said of
the thieves, "He, or they, are
amatuers. We will catch them
sooner or later."
To counter the crime incease,
security has improved lighting on
campus, increased its patrol of the
parking lots, hired more
personnel, and allowed students at
Taking into consideration now
early it becomes dark in these
winter months, and the sprawling
layout of the campus' parking lots,
"A locked car is not a secure car,"
Smith says. It takes only minutes,
and sometimes just seconds, for
someone to get in a car by either
smashing the window or use a
"slim jim" to unlock it. Students
and staff can best protect
themselves by not leaving
valuables in plain view, by keeping
them in their trunk or . at home.
Keeping a list of serial and model
numbers of tape and compact disc
players, and anything else you have
in a car, is important to better the
chance of their return if they are
stolen.
night to park in selected staff
spacing.
Student Gov't in uphill battle against apathy
ly (arlJon Goodwin
and Cori Smith
Editors note-Community is no
longer in the phrase "community
college," with student democracy
all but dead and student apathy on
the rise.
The Current will take an
objective look at the apathy
problem here on the GRCC
campus in a three-part series. Our
goal is to inspire some solutions.
This series will focus on the
problems of student government,
student programs, activities
including athletics, clubs, and
student organizations such as
outdoor programs, KGRG, drama,
choir etc., to meet the needs of the
masses.
The first area to be examined is
student government's inability to
reach the people. "I know it may be
a real bad attitude to have, but I feel
that if students want to get
involved then they would find us,"
stated ASGRCC president Mark
Bottorff. This statement highlights
the apathetic feelings that those in
student government hold.
Although the ASGRCC have made
attempts to provide activities, they
have apparently missed the mark. It
would seem that GRCC is a place
for most students to just attend
their courses and leave, not to take
an active role in extracurricular
activites.
Many students tend to
disassociate themselves with
school as soon as they leave. The
majority have developed outside
interests, such as jobs, families, and
other social circles. It would take
. major reorganization of over-used
student activities to stimulate
renewed student interest.
Student government has
attempted to achieve this by
several different methods. They
assist student programs each year
in the preparation of "Gatoraid,"
they distributed opinion surveys to
students in an attempt to
understand the needs of the
students, and they have met with
other colleges to discuss the
problems which they share.
After careful consideration of
the issue at hand, student
government, student programs,
and the school paper editor all
attended a leadership retreat at
Port Ludlow on January 29 and 30
·In spite of the scale of student
apathy here at GRCC, ASGRCC
President Mark Bottorff, remains
optimistic. "I think I can turn it
( low student participation)
around, get more people to
become involved, and get student
" .... .I feel if students want to get involved
then they would find us."
to brainstorm on new ideas to get
students involved. Some of the
ideas included ASB identification
cards, a formal dance,
reinstatement of the 'F' letter
grade, banning smoking altogether
in the lSC, and having the library
open all weekencJ long.
-Mari< Botorff
ASGRCC President
government to be seen."
Meanwhile on a different front,
student programs is working on
getting a bigger piece of the pie as
fur as distribution of;-power goes.
They hope, by getting Bruce
Compton's office to relinquish
some of its power, they can bring
better quality programs to our
students.
Other improvements student
. programs have attemped to enact
this year is bring higher-quality
entertainment to GRCC dances.
With big name local bands like The
Young Fresh Fellows and The
Trend. Other would-be
improvements is bringing in big
name speakers like Gerald Ford
and Pat Finley. Plus they are
sponsoring a senior citizen dance
where the seniors of the
community come to GRCC and
interact with the students. Other
plans that are in the works include
a midnight cruise on Puget Sound
and Cinema Video's airing of
political debates.
Although some on campus feel
that this is too little and too late,
programs is confi.dellt that it'll
make a difference.
In part two of this series, the
school adminstration will give its
insight to this growing problem.
Also, selected club representatives
will air their views.